​​"Pei owned a bird that he wanted to set free.He opened its door but the bird did not move.Wu Hsin told Pei a caged bird is not freedmerely by opening the door.​Until the desire arises to fly away,the bird remains where it is,​preferring the known to the unknown."​ - Wu Hsin

What drudgery it is to stick with our programmed ways of thinking, feeling and acting.​What freedom it is to realize that we are not our programming.

If there is a rope on the ground and we believe it to be a snake and we experience fear and then we ‘accept’ the snake and the fear - the fear is likely to dissolve somewhat but not the impression of the snake. So whenever we happen to come across a rope again the seed for cloudy seeing to sprout is there.

But if we take the time and allow our eyes to clear a bit, the light of clear seeing reveals the snake as a rope and then all fear dissolves and the seed for understanding to dawn is there. Fear will likely come up again and again whenever we come across a rope - but once we start to use the power of clear seeing then cloudy, veiled seeing is on a countdown.

Seeing all thoughts and feelings clearly (as tools/expressions rather than the truth of who we are) is key to the stabilization of inner peace – our true sense of self. If we feel as if we have to get rid of thoughts or feelings or if we suffer them – it is as if they are only saying … “Just see me. Just see me as I actually am.”

The Way We Look Out Of These Eyes Is Key

​St. Francis said, ‘What we are looking for is already where we are looking from’

When we look and judge what we’re aware ofWe obscure the sensing of that which is aware.

And when we look and are open to all that we’re aware ofWe sense the true nature of that which is aware.​​

1/12/2017

Being Awake In The Dream​(Is Another Way To Say 'Being In The World But Not Of It')

A few weeks ago someone told me about a dream he had.In the dream he was in a chaotic situation and desperatelywanted to get out of it and then had the thought "This is so crazy. I can't be making this stuff up!"And then he woke up enough to realize it actually is a dream and then thought,"Hey, wait a minute! I am making this up!" And then …. all he wanted to do was go back to sleep and continue with the dream!Only when he knew the truth of the dream - and of himself as the dreamer - could he then enjoy it all. Amazing how different everything seems when we are awake in ‘the dream’.

It is all very simple.Instead of seeing things imagined, learn to see them as they are. When you can see everything as it is, you will also see yourself as you are. It is like cleansing a mirror. The same mirror that shows you the world as it is, will also show you your own face." Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Einstein said, "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."